TODAY'S NEWS (September.04.2001 Juche 90)
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Talks between Kim Jong Il and Jiang Zemin held
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Speech of Chairman Kim Jong Il at banquet
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Speech of President Jiang Zemin at banquet
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Adherence to independent and creative stands called for
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U.S. moves to defend Japan under fire
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Family of 24 tractor-drivers
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Jiang Zemin visits Mangyongdae
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Jiang Zemin lays wreath before Frienship Tower
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Anniversary of repatriation of unconverted long-term prisoners observed
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Congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan here
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French parliamentary delegation here
For Spanish-speaking people
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presidente kim jong il ofrece banquete en honor de presidente jiang zemin
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conversaciones privadas entre presidentes kim jong il y jiang zemin
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conversaciones entre presidente kim jong il y presidente jiang zemin
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Talks between Kim Jong Il and Jiang Zemin held
Pyongyang, September 3 (KCNA) -- Talks were held in Pyongyang today
between Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and
Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, and Jiang Zemin,
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
and President of the People's Republic of China. At the talks, they informed
each other of the situation in the two countries and had a wide-range and
exhaustive exchange of views on the issue of consolidating and developing
the friendly and cooperative relations between the two parties and two
countries and a series of international issues of common concern and reached
a consensus of views on all the matters discussed.
The talks proceeded in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
Present there from the DPRK side were Kim Yong Nam, President of the
Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Jo Myong Rok, first
vice-chairman of the NDC of the DPRK and director of the general political
department of the Korean People's Army, Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of
the DPRK and chief of the general staff of the KPA, Choe Thae Bok, secretary
of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of
foreign affairs, Ji Jae Ryong, vice-director of the international department
of the c.c., the WPK, and Choe Jin Su, DPRK ambassador e.p. to China.
Present at the talks from the Chinese side were member of the political
bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice-premier of the PRC state
council Qian Qichen, alternate member of the political bureau and member of
the secretariat of the CPC Central Committee Zeng Qinghong, member of the
Central Military Commission of the CPC and deputy chief of the general staff
of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Guo Boxiong, director of the general
office of the CPC Central Committee Wang Gang, head of the international
liaison department of the CPC Central Committee Dai Bingguo, director of the
foreign affairs office of the CPC Central Committee Liu Huaqiu and Chinese
ambassador e.p. to the DPRK Wang Guozhang.
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Speech of Chairman Kim Jong Il at banquet
Pyongyang, September 3 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the
Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defence Commission of
the DPRK, made a speech at the banquet. He said:
Today we have greeted with delight comrade Jiang Zemin, General
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and
President of the People's Republic of China.
It gives me great pleasure to meet esteemed comrade Jiang Zemin in
Pyongyang again. on behalf of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of
Korea and the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, I would like to extend once again warm welcome to comrade
Jiang Zemin on your visit to our country.
Comrade Jiang Zemin is visiting our country when friendship between
Korea and China is entering a new stage of its development with the change
of centuries.
This demonstrates the desire of the party, government and people of
china to develop the relationship of friendship and cooperation between the
two countries without interruption in the new century, too.
Korea and China are neighbours with mountains and rivers in between, and
the peoples of our two countries have the history of long-standing
friendship.
Generations have changed and many things have changed, but the parties,
governments and peoples of the two countries have always valued and
developed their friendship. Today, the Chinese people are making a great
effort to build modern and civilized china under the guidance of the
communist party of china led by esteemed comrade Jiang Zemin, and thanks to
the foreign policy of the Chinese party and government for peace,
development and cooperation, the position and role of china in the world is
daily improving.
We sincerely hope that the Chinese party, government and people will
gain a new success in their future efforts to build the People's Republic of
China into a prosperous and modern socialist country and achieve the
complete reunification of the country.
Further strengthening and developing Korea-China friendship as required
by the new century accords with the interests of the peoples of the two
countries and will contribute to peace and security in Asia and the rest of
the world.
As in the past so also in the future, our party and our people will make
every effort to continue to develop Korea-China friendship.
Kim Jong Il expressed conviction that comrade Jiang Zemin's visit to our
country on this occasion will be an important opportunity to strengthen the
relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
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Speech of President Jiang Zemin at banquet
Pyongyang, September 3 (KCNA) -- Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the
People's Republic of China, made a speech at the banquet. We felt
overwhelmed by warm feelings of Sino-DPRK friendship, accorded warm welcome
by comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Il, senior officials of the Korean
party, government and army and many Pyongyangites as soon as we set our feet
on the land of Korea, Jiang said, and went on:
In the afternoon I had excellent talks with comrade General Secretary
Kim Jong Il.
This evening comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave a grand banquet
here and made an enthusiastic speech replete with profound sentiment of the
Korean party and people toward the Chinese party and people.
Allow me to express here sincere thanks to comrade General Secretary Kim
Jong Il and the Korean party, government and people on behalf of the Chinese
party, government and people and on my own behalf.
11 years ago I visited your country at the invitation of comrade
President Kim Il Sung.
The visit left me unforgettable impressions.
Over the last 11 years the Sino-DPRK friendship with a solid foundation
has demonstrated strong vitality, standing ordeals of times and history.
At the important juncture when humankind greeted the new century we are
pleased to see that the Sino-DPRK friendship personally provided and
developed by Chairman Mao Zedong, premier Zhou Enlai, comrade Deng Xiaoping
and comrade President KimIil Sung is in fuller bloom thanks to the concerted
efforts of the two sides of China and the DPRK and the cause of this
friendship is being carried forward and further developed under the new
historic conditions.
The peoples of China and Korea are delighted at this.
All the peace-loving countries and peoples of the world will hail this.
For the prosperity and development of the two countries and peace and
stability in this region and the rest of the world in the new century the
Chinese party, government and people, together with the Korean party,
government and people, will promote the friendly and cooperative relations
between the two parties and the two countries onto a new stage of
development in the new century in the spirit of carrying forward the
traditions, looking into the future, maintaining good neighborliness and
friendship and strengthening cooperation.
China will steadily develop the relations of good neighborliness and
friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation not only with Korea, our
friendly neighbor, but with all surrounding countries and achieve common
prosperity and progress with them on the five principles of peaceful
co-existence and other publicly recognized rules of international relations.
The heroic Korean people are vigorously advancing along the road of
Korean-style socialism confidently hewed by comrade President Kim Il Sung,
overcoming difficulties in their way in the staunch fighting spirit under
the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by comrade General
Secretary Kim Jong Il.
We are very pleased to note that in recent years you have made fresh and
excellent achievements in rehabilitating and developing the national
economy, expanding external relations, improving inter-Korean relations and
promoting the cause of the independent and peaceful reunification of the
country and enjoyed ever deeper sympathy and understanding and ever warmer
support and praise from the international community.
Indeed, your achievements were not easily made.
We are convinced that the industrious, courageous and resourceful Korean
people will go along the road of development suited to the specific
conditions of the country and continue to make fresh and greater success
despite all difficulties in their advance, by displaying the spirit of
self-reliance and hard work under the correct leadership of the Workers'
Party of Korea headed by comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
The future of Korea will surely be rosier and the Korean peninsula will
certainly become more stable and prosperous.
The Communist Party of China has covered the road of struggle spanning
80 years and has more than 64 million members.
The history proves that without the CPC there would have been no new
china nor great development and progress in 50 odd years in China.
In the new century china has entered the new stage of development to
build a rich society on a full scale and accelerate the socialist
modernization.
Our party is faced with the three historic tasks to be fulfilled to
continue to push ahead with the modernization, accomplish the cause of
national reunification, defend global peace and promote joint development.
If our party is to lead the times, always enjoying sincere support from
the people of all ethnic groups across the country, and have its eternally
solid foundation, it should consistently represent the development trend of
China's advanced productive force, the orientation of China's advanced
culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the
people in China.
This is the fundamental requirement for us to ensure a continued
innovation in theory, system and science and technology and achieve victory
after victory in the building of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Our party will work to pave its way and create things swimming with the
trend of the times, rally and lead the people of all ethnic groups across
the country, achieve the great prosperity of the Chinese nation, accomplish
the sacred cause of the reunification of the country, and promote the noble
cause of humankind for peace and development.
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Adherence to independent and creative stands called for
Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- It is an attitude befitting masters of
revolution to maintain the stand as masters of the revolution and
construction and play the role as such. The attitude befitting masters of
the revolution finds expression in the independent and creative stands.
The independent stand calls for protecting the right of the popular
masses as masters of the revolution and construction and fulfilling the
responsibility as such.
As the popular masses are masters of the revolution and construction
they should maintain the stand of solving their problem in a responsible
manner in the spirit of self-reliance, away from dependence on others.
This is a revolutionary stand whereby one carries out the revolution
independently and in a responsible manner, believing in his people's
efforts.
The independent stand has two essential meanings.
One is autonomy which calls for independently deciding on line and
policies in the interests of his people and the revolution.
The other is self-reliance which calls for solving all problems by one's
own efforts in a responsible manner.
The creative attitude calls on the popular masses to play their role as
masters of the revolution and construction.
As they are masters of the revolution they should maintain the creative
stand of solving all problems in a unique manner by their own efforts to
suit the actual conditions of their country.
This stand is a revolutionary attitude of solving all problems in the
revolution and construction to suit the actual conditions of one's country
by believing in the strength of the popular masses and rousing their
revolutionary zeal and creative ingenuity.
Therefore, the independent and creative stands are the fundamental stand
and method to be adhered to in the revolution and construction.
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U.S. moves to defend Japan under fire
Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- A recent issue of the U.S. magazine
Newsweek carried an article dealing with "problems in history textbooks" in
several Asian countries. In this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a signed
commentary says:
The aim sought by the article is to defend the stand of Japan on the
distortion of history by faulting Asian countries.
The article noted that the junior high school history textbooks now in
use in Japan mentioned "Korea-Japan annexation" in the past and Japanese
army's acts in China.
This is nothing but U.S. backing intended to save its junior ally from
an awkward position as it is designed to shelve the internationally censured
issue of Japan's distortion of history and find faults with the writing of
history textbooks in other Asian countries.
It is an anachronistic act going against the trend and demand of the
times for the U.S. magazine to carry such an article openly defending
Japan's attitude toward the distortion of history and an improper behaviour
fanning up Japan's revival of militarism and its ambition for reinvasion.
Japan is desperately working to keep its crime-woven past buried in oblivion
instead of repenting of and redeeming it.
The Japanese reactionaries' moves to rewrite history textbooks are aimed
to justify Japan's past aggression and repeat its history of aggression.
The article tried to find faults with the DPRK's history textbooks,
asserting that they "misinterpreted" the last Korean War.
It is well known to the world that the U.S. imperialists instigated
traitor Syngman Rhee, their henchman, to provoke a war of aggression in a
bid to swallow up the young DPRK. The U.S. is still watching for a chance to
invade the DPRK with an ambition to dominate the DPRK.
It is a sisyphean effort for the U.S. with such history of wars of
aggression to try to fish in troubled waters by taking advantage of Japan's
distortion of history.
The U.S. acts of instigating and defending the Japanese reactionaries'
moves to tamper with history only self-expose that it is a partner in the
distortion of history.
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Family of 24 tractor-drivers
Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- There is a family of 24
tractor-drivers on the Ryongho Farm in Ryongyon county, South Hwanghae
Province, a western plain area of Korea. It is the family of Pak Jong Guk
and Jong Yon Hwa who were the first couple of tractor-drivers in the area.
It was from Juche 67 (1978) that they were known to all parts of the
country.
At the national agricultural conference that year President Kim Il Sung
heard a speech of Jong Yon Hwa and highly praised all nine members of her
family for contributing to the mechanization of agriculture as
tractor-drivers and put them forward as frontrankers of the
"let-all-family-operate-machines movement."
In February Juche 80 (1991) the president learned about the fact that 14
members of her family became drivers, before sending a letter of love and
trust and seven tractors to them as gifts to encourage them to glorify the
honor of frontrankers.
They have since managed the tractors with much care and invented and
introduced scores of technical innovations to make farm work easy and
increase grain production.
Pak Jong Guk has become a Labor Hero and a merited tractor-driver and
Jong Yon Hwa a merited tractor-driver and deputy to the supreme people's
assembly.
Five sons and daughters of their family, aware of the tasks given by the
president in the letter as his last instructions, prevailed on all their
sons and daughters and sons-in-law and daughters-in-law to drive tractors.
Among them are ten wives and three girls.
15 members of the family are now farm machine engineers.
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Jiang Zemin visits Mangyongdae
Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- President Jiang Zemin of the People's
Republic of China and his party today visited Mangyongdae where President
Kim Il Sung was born and spent his childhood. Being briefed on Kim Il Sung's
revolutionary family and immortal revolutionary history, the guests saw
mementoes preserved in the native home in Mangyongdae.
They posed for a souvenir photograph.
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Jiang Zemin lays wreath before Frienship Tower
Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the
People's Republic of China, today laid a wreath before the friendship tower.
A guard of honour of the Korean People's Army lined up at the tower.
The national anthems of China and the DPRK were played.
Jiang Zemin laid a wreath before the tower amid the playing of the
wreath-laying music.
The participants observed a moment's silence in memory of martyrs of the
Chinese People's Volunteers who fell in the Korean War against the U.S.
imperialist aggressors.
Jiang Zemin looked round the tower.
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Anniversary of repatriation of unconverted long-term prisoners observed
Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today dedicates a signed
article to the first anniversary of the repatriation to the homeland of
former unconverted long-term prisoners, men of faith and incarnation of
will. Their repatriation was a world historic event, a result of leader Kim
Jong Il's great comradeship and trust in them, the article says, and goes
on:
Faith and constancy of a revolutionary are provided by the leader and
are growing stronger thanks to his love and trust.
The source of indomitable spirit, faith and will of the former
unconverted long-term prisoners is the comradeship of Kim Jong Il, a
benevolent teacher and father of the revolutionary soldiers. He is the
supreme incarnation of comradeship as he is successfully inheriting the
history of noble comradeship created by President Kim Il Sung. It is theory
invariably maintained by Kim Il Sung all his life and Kim Jong Il's
revolutionary philosophy that it is possible to build up a strong driving
force of revolution only if there are comrades and win the whole world by
their efforts. kim jong il's comradeship represents, first of all, absolute
trust as he takes warm care of comrades and leads them, reposing trust in
them. It also reflects love as ardent as faith moving a mountain and
unchangeable sense of obligation as he is fully responsible for their
destiny and future. He showed unbounded trust and love for the unconverted
long-term prisoners and took every possible measure for their repatriation.
His noble comradeship became the source of their strength and courage and
consolidated their faith and will a thousand times. The comradeship between
the leader and his soldiers is the most beautiful, noblest and unchangeable
love. The former unconverted long-term prisoners are true revolutionaries
and comrades of Kim Jong Il as they have been loyal to him with conscience
and sense of moral obligation. They, therefore, considered it as the highest
morality and the noblest obligation to live up to the trust and love of the
party and the leader with indomitable faith and conscience. They are
possessors of the noble personality as they braved death to preserve their
conscience and sense of obligation and thus remain loyal to Kim Il Sung and
Kim Jong Il. Noting that comradeship serves as a slogan of faith and a
banner of victory that should be held aloft forever, the article calls for
cherishing absolute worship of Kim Jong Il and further strengthening the
relations of revolutionary comradeship. We should struggle, deeming it as
our primary duty to devotedly defend the leader like former unconverted
long-term prisoners who protected Kim Jong Il's authority and dignity with
their indomitable thought and faith and remain fighters in devotedly
implementing his idea and intention, the article concludes.
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Congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan here
Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- A congratulatory group of Koreans in
Japan headed by O Hyong Jin, vice-chairman of the central standing committee
of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, arrived here today
to participate in celebrations of the 53rd anniversary of the foundation of
the DPRK. It was met at the airport by Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the
Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and officials concerned.
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French parliamentary delegation here
Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- A French delegation of parliamentarians
from different political parties headed by Christian Martin, member of the
national assembly from the French Union for Democracy, arrived here today by
air.
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For Spanish-speaking people
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presidente kim jong il ofrece banquete en honor de presidente jiang zemin
pyongyang, 3 de septiembre (atcc) -- kim jong il, secretario general
del partido del trabajo de corea y presidente del comite de defensa nacional
de la republica popular democratica de corea, ofrecio esta noche en la casa
mokran un solemne banquete en honor de jiang zemin, secretario general del
cc del partido comunista de china y presidente de la republica popular
china, de visita oficial y de amistad en la rpdc. cuando el presidente kim
jong il y el presidente jiang zemin hicieron su aparicion en el salon de
banquete a son de la musica de bienvenida, todos los participantes les
saludaron calurosamente con efusivos aplausos.
en el banquete hicieron uso de la palabra los maximos dirigentes de
ambos paises.
a la comida fueron invitados qian qichen, miembro del buro politico del
cc del pcch y viceprimer ministro del consejo de estado, zeng qinghong,
miembro suplente del buro politico del cc del pcch y miembro del
secretariado del cc del partido, y otros acompanantes, wang guozhang,
embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario de la rpch y otros miembros de
esta sede diplomatica en la rpdc.
participaron kim yong nam, presidente del presidium de la asamblea
popular suprema de la rpdc, jo myong rok, primer vicepresidente del cdn de
la rpdc y jefe de la direccion politica general del ejercito popular de
corea y otros cuadros dirigentes del partido y el estado, funcionarios de
los organismos del partido y las fuerzas armadas, organizaciones de masas,
ministerios, organos centrales y sectores de prensa e informacion.
el banquete se llevo a cabo en un ambiente rebosante de sentimientos de
amistad. en el banquete se ofrecio la funcion del coro benemerito del
ejercito popular de corea.
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conversaciones privadas entre presidentes kim jong il y jiang zemin
pyongyang, 3 de septiembre (atcc) -- tuvieron lugar el dia 3 en
pyongyang conversaciones privadas entre kim jong il, secretario general del
partido del trabajo de corea y presidente del comite de defensa nacional de
la republica popular democratica de corea y jiang zemin, secretario general
del cc del partido comunista de china y presidente de la republica popular
china. las conversaciones transcurrieron en un ambiente sincero y amistoso.
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conversaciones entre presidente kim jong il y presidente jiang zemin
pyongyang, 3 de septiembre (atcc) -- tuvieron lugar hoy en esta capital
conversaciones entre kim jong il, secretario general del partido del trabajo
de corea y presidente del comite de defensa nacional de la republica popular
democratica de corea y jiang zemin, secretario general del cc del partido
comunista de china y presidente de la republica popular china. en ellas
ambas partes se informaron de la situacion de sus respectivos paises,
intercambiaron amplias y profundas opiniones sobre la mayor consolidacion y
desarrollo de las relaciones de amistad y cooperacion entre los dos partidos
y paises y una serie de problemas internacionales de interes comun y
llegaron a la identidad de criterios en todos los problemas discutidos.
las convesaciones transcurrieron en un ambiente cordial y amistoso.
participaron por la parte coreana, kim yong nam, presidente del
presidium de la asamblea popular suprema de la rpdc, jo myong rok, primer
vicepresidente del cdn de la rpdc y jefe de la direccion politica general
del ejercito popular de corea, kim yong chun, miembro del cdn de la rpdc y
jefe del estado mayor general del ejercito popular de corea, choe thae bok,
secretario del cc del ptc, kang sok ju, primer viceministro de rr.ee., ji
jae ryong, subjefe del departamento internacional del cc del ptc y choe jin
su, embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario de corea en china, y por la
parte china, qian qichen, miembro del buro politico del cc del pcch y
viceprimer ministro del consejo de estado, zeng qinghong, miembro suplente
del buro politico del cc del pcch y miembro del secretariado del cc del
partido y guo boxiong, miembro de la comision militar central del pcch y
subjefe del estado mayor general del ejercito popular de liberacion de
china, wang gang, director de la oficina general, dai bingguo, jefe del
departamento de enlace internacional, liu huaqiu, director de la oficina de
asuntos exteriores del cc del pcch y wang guozhang, embajador extraordinario
y plenipotenciario de china en corea.
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